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I wouldn't discount Dr. Kook Jin Moon's remarks entirely, for the sake of what looks like a transcription error from a speech he made. He may have been referring to the SU-25 fighter plane. [http://www.tongil.org/ucbooks/smmspeaks/2012/20120125-KJMoon_CARP_Assembly.html] --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ^{[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]} 23:18, 3 March 2012 (EST)

I wouldn't discount Dr. Kook Jin Moon's remarks entirely, for the sake of what looks like a transcription error from a speech he made. He may have been referring to the SU-25 fighter plane. [http://www.tongil.org/ucbooks/smmspeaks/2012/20120125-KJMoon_CARP_Assembly.html] --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ^{[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]} 23:18, 3 March 2012 (EST)

:I'm sorry Mr. Poor, but it sounds like this guy doesn't know what he's talking about.  There is no such thing as an "SU-25 fighter" either.  The SU-25 "Frog Foot" is a close air sport attack aircraft and it isn't exactly cutting edge either.  It was developed in the 1970s and pales in comparison to the ground pounding A-10, which it tried to counter (note: the Koreans probably got "monkey models" from the Soviets, detuned hunks of junk designed to break even more frequently than the units for the domestic market).  The DPRK acquired the fighters this guy refers to in the late 1980s when they were less out of date, not exactly recently.  SU-25 aren't much of a threat to a modern air force like they'd face in a conflict with the ROK or the US.  They require air superiority to fulfill their mission otherwise they are essentially just target drones for F-22s to blow out of the sky.  Tin pot dictators love buying military jets, but that doesn't mean they can put them to good use in a combined arms assault.  This isn't to say that the DPRK isn't a threat, but these old Soviet ground attack aircraft aren't part of it.  Let's try and use real sources. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:42, 4 March 2012 (EST)

:I'm sorry Mr. Poor, but it sounds like this guy doesn't know what he's talking about.  There is no such thing as an "SU-25 fighter" either.  The SU-25 "Frog Foot" is a close air sport attack aircraft and it isn't exactly cutting edge either.  It was developed in the 1970s and pales in comparison to the ground pounding A-10, which it tried to counter (note: the Koreans probably got "monkey models" from the Soviets, detuned hunks of junk designed to break even more frequently than the units for the domestic market).  The DPRK acquired the fighters this guy refers to in the late 1980s when they were less out of date, not exactly recently.  SU-25 aren't much of a threat to a modern air force like they'd face in a conflict with the ROK or the US.  They require air superiority to fulfill their mission otherwise they are essentially just target drones for F-22s to blow out of the sky.  Tin pot dictators love buying military jets, but that doesn't mean they can put them to good use in a combined arms assault.  This isn't to say that the DPRK isn't a threat, but these old Soviet ground attack aircraft aren't part of it.  Let's try and use real sources. --[[User:CraigF|CraigF]] 01:42, 4 March 2012 (EST)